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Programming

A couple of months ago I wrote a blog post on xcconfig files. Today I got a tweet reference from James Dempsey who has taken the concept of xcconfig files adoption to a higher level by building the BuildSettingsExtractor utility app available on github. Seems like a very interesting open source project and…

Have you ever run into that insanely irritating SourceKitService Crash Bug in Xcode? You know the one where a splash flashes like a strobo on the screen for every character typed? Especially if you’re coding and writing tests in Swift? Turns out there is a work-around, waiting for a proper fix from…

Notice: This tutorial has not been updated to the lastest XCode and Swift release. Please forgive any errors found in the code. I plan on releasing an update but it might take a while to find the time. Please read the comments below to see highlighted changes in the syntax and…

I ran into an irritating problem with a project using CocoaPods. The codebase is written to a major part in Obj-C, but I’ve started initiating new code in Swift. I got these irritating Swift Compiler warnings that I had to add the frameworks for
SystemConfiguration and
MobileCoreServices . I was prompted to add…

Ok, so Swift is the new kid on the block. I love the new enums, and the fact that methods now can return tuplets (multiple return values). A cool example is a pull down meny with four buttons for sorting a table with contacts. Say you want to be able to sort…